Paragraph 47 Provisional rejection of other mismatched or separated security statements and ballot papers

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

Sch. 1 rule 1(1) words substituted by Postal Services Act 2011 (Consequential Modifications and Amendments) 2011 Sch. 1 para. 61
Sch. 1 rule 20(1)(a) words substituted by Local Education Authorities and Children’s Services Authorities (Integration of Functions) (Local and Subordinate Legislation) 2010 Sch. 3 para. 51

Where a covering envelope does not contain both—

(a)

a security statement, and

(b)

a ballot paper envelope, or if there is no ballot paper envelope, a ballot paper (or ballot papers),

the counting officer shall, in respect of any security statement, ballot paper, and ballot paper envelope not otherwise placed in a ballot box or receptacle in accordance with rules 43 to 46, mark the covering envelope “provisionally rejected”, attach its contents (if any) and place it in the receptacle for rejected votes.